كلیم

See also: كليم and گلیم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian گلیم (gelim, carpet), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, covering) from καλύπτω (kalúptō, to cover).

Noun

كلیم • (kilim)

  1. carpet, a fabric used as a complete floor covering
    Synonym: خالی (halı)
Descendants
  • Turkish: kilim
  • Albanian: qilim, qylym
  • Armenian: քիլիմ (kʻilim)
  • Arabic: كِلِيم (kilīm)
  • Belarusian: кілі́м (kilím)
  • Bulgarian: кили́м (kilím)
  • Greek: κιλίμι (kilími)
  • Macedonian: ќилим (ḱilim)
  • Romanian: chilim
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћѝлим
    Latin script: ćìlim
  • Ukrainian: ки́лим (kýlym)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَلِيم (kalīm, interlocutor), a derivation from the verb كَلَّمَ (kallama, to speak, talk).

Noun

كلیم • (kelim)

  1. interlocutor, collocutor, conversant, a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
    Synonym: متكلم (mütekellim)
Derived terms
  • كلیم اللّٰه (kelimʼullah, Moses)
  • كلیمدست (kelimdest, talented)
Descendants

Further reading

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